Flyer hiding gold paste worth Rs 87 lakh in jeans, underwear held in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: A passenger, who landed at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) from Dubai with gold worth Rs 87.6 lakh hidden in his jeans and double underwear, has been arrested.
Sources with the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of customs said the 36-year-old man had arrived in an Emirates airline flight on Friday evening. Following passenger profiling, the man, whose identity hasn’t been revealed, was intercepted by the sleuths over suspicion of smuggling.
As the passenger gave evasive answers, the officers frisked him again and searched his baggage. His jeans had custom-stitched portions where pouches were hidden. More such pouches were spotted inside two pairs of briefs he was wearing. Crude gold weighing over 1.7kg in the form of paste was concealed inside them.